slats, it is my opinion that your point 7 would be utterly abused by airline management for the 99.99 % of flights that don't end up in extremis.
Sorry for not been sufficiently clear in my previous post.
I understand the debate and genuine concerns about this. There is a need to balance competing interests, and this means that legitimate concerns must be addressed.
I was not suggestion that video be routinely recorded and made available for internal company review.
For example:
1. It could be triggered by certain parameters, but would not be routinely recorded. This would be different to the routine CVR.
2. If it was too difficult to activate selectively, then an option would be that the video would be routinely erased by the pilots at the end of the flight.
3. Video should not be used for other purposes such as performance management. There are other mechanisms for this.
4. The video should not be easily accessible. It could be stored on a recorder like the CVR and FDR, and only accessed by the appropriate investigative body in event of an incident.
However, I don't believe this suggestion should be automatically rejected out of hand.
Like it or not, there will now often be video recorded of anything abnormal. If there is an engine failure or a fire, or a diversion, or if the oxygen masks deploy, or if the cabin crew are seen to react abnormally, there will be plenty of video captured by the passengers. On previous occasion, this has been emailed to friends and the media as the plane landed.
Seen against this background, the view that there never be video recording of the cockpit seems a little.......quaint.